K33p Your Web Account Safe Forever

# Keep your web accounts safe &
secure:
Enable the “Always use HTTPS”
setting for Facebook, Twitter, Gmail,
Google and all the other online
services that support secure HTTP.
This is especially important when
accessing Internet over a Wi-Fi
network because without HTTPS,
anyone (and not just skilled hackers)
can capture your login details using
Firesheep, a simple Firefox
extension.
# Use 2-step verification for Google
Account.That means if someone tries
to log into your Google account from
a different computer, they’ll have to
type an additional code that is sent
directly to your mobile phone as an
SMS text message or over a voice
call.
# The 2-step verification can also
alert you to potential hacking
activity. If you ever get an SMS (or a
voice call) from Google with the
verification code but without
requesting one, it is an immediate
hint that someone knows my
password though they won’t be able
to get in without entering the
verification code.
# Connect your mobile number with
your Facebook account. This is
extremely important because you
can get an instant SMS and an email
alert whenever your Facebook
account is accessed from a different
computer or another mobile phone.
Carefully review third-party sites
that have access to your online
accounts and revoke access to all the
unwanted apps that you no longer
use. In case you wish to do the same
for your accounts, here are the direct
links for Facebook,Google and
Twitter.
# Maintain two email addresses –
one is public that is displayed on the
blog while the other email address is
known to a select few. Why ?
The public email address is
associated with services like Twitter,
YouTube, Facebook, Foursquare,
LinkedIn, Flickr, Tumblr, Posterous,
Skype and a couple of other social
sites where you want people to find
yourself if they have your email
address in their address book.
Use the other “secret” email address
with services like Dropbox, Amazon,
Google Apps, bank, hosting service,
Apple iTunes, PayPal and few other
places where account security is
even more critical.
# The last point – how do you
remember and manage so many
different passwords ?
Some people prefer to use password
managers which are very
convenient but better use is a simple
1-page document to store
information of all your online
accounts and the corresponding
passwords. That file should be
password-protected & put it on
Dropbox so the information is
available on all computers .Also keep
a hard copy of it.
Have Happy & Secure Interneting :-)